Imagination PowerVR GT7850 A9X vs Apple 5-Core A18 Pro Full Specs

Summary

384 Shaders 650MHz	640 Shaders 1.47GHz
Shared Memory51.2GB/sLPDDR4	Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 499.2 GFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 FP64 Memory Bandwidth

PowerVR GT7850 A9X998.4 GFLOPSFP16

x1

5-Core A18 Pro1.88 TFLOPSFP16

x1.88

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed650MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1470MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 998.4 GFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 1.88 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 499.2 GFLOPS	FP32 1.88 TFLOPS
FP64 31.2 GFLOPS	-
Pixel Rate 15.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 29.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 15.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 58.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 384 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 24 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 24 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
RT Cores -	RT Cores 5 RT-Cores
EUs 24 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 650MHz

Boost Clock 1.47GHz

Cache

L2 Cache -

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR4	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 3.2GT/s	Memory Speed 7.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 60GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 1

Multi-Monitor 1

Encoder

-	Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder

-	Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Imagination	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Imagination	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Rogue	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Series7XT	Codename G17P
Chip Variant GTA7850	Chip Variant -
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Nov 11, 2015	Release Date Mar 4, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 16FF+	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 144mm²	Die Size 110mm²
Transistor Count 3.5 Billion	Transistor Count 18.4 Billion
Transistor Density 24 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs A9X	CPUs A18 Pro (Neo)
Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Neo(Early 2026)
Tablets iPad Pro 9.7"(A9X, Early 2016)iPad Pro 12.9" Gen 1(A9X, Late 2015)	Tablets -

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